rpm2cpio (8) Linux Manual Page

rpm2cpio – Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.

Synopsis

rpm2cpio [filename]

Description

rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as a single argument to a cpio archive on standard out. If a ‘-‘ argument is given, an rpm stream is read from standard in.
rpm2cpio rpm-1.1-1.i386.rpm
rpm2cpio – < glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm
rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium

See Also

rpm(8)

Author

Erik Troan <ewt [at] redhat.com>